Lie

"Ouch, that hurts!" Underneath the bright lights, the man makes me lie facedown on the bed. Then, he pushes my waist down from behind, seemingly looking for the best spot. I feel something odd press against me and cry out, telling him to stop. He doesn't, though. In fact, he grabs hold of my belt.

Violet, a washed-up background actress, struck up an exorbitant but very dicey offer: she would pose as Clyde West's lost sister so her dying father could see his last hope. This lie brings her the lifestyle she has never experienced, but at the same time, it puts her under the whirlpool of deceit, family fights, and manipulation.

Lillian Alfred wasn't expecting to marry her late sister's husband a few days after her sister's death but when her father convinced her to do so, she had no choice but to accept. Things turned out on a rocky platform for Lilian as Sebastian started to accuse her of killing her sister but the truth lie unfold and romance is inevitable.

My husband's childhood friend says she wants her crystal beads to soak up some of the good luck in our home. Because of that, he scatters the beads on the floor, making me slip and miscarry. I'm in agony as I lie on the operating table. I call my husband incessantly, but all he does is block my number. I lie in the hospital ward after the operation. I see my husband's childhood friend's social media update—a photo of him worshipfully holding out a certificate while getting down on one knee. It's captioned, "He loves me so much! I said I'm interested in running a business and he actually set up a company for me!" On the day of the branch company's grand opening, my husband's childhood friend wears an expensive custom-made gown. Meanwhile, I wear her discarded goods. I'm barred from even entering the building. I suppress my bitterness and call my lawyer. "Are the divorce procedures done?"

Après sept ans de mariage avec Maxime Lefèvre, Sophie Delacroix a appris qu'elle était atteinte d'une tumeur cérébrale. Déterminée à tout risquer pour son mari et son fils, elle a décidé de subir une opération, consciente que ses chances de survie n'étaient qu'à cinquante pour cent. À sa grande surprise, l'amante inoubliable de Maxime, Aurélie Garnier, est revenue au pays. C'est alors que Sophie a compris que son mariage avec Maxime n'avait été qu'une pure mascarade. Maxime a placé Aurélie à ses côtés comme secrétaire, son ami Julien Caron la considérait comme la véritable compagne de Maxime, et même leur fils de six ans regrettait qu'Aurélie ne puisse être sa mère. Désabusée et trahie, Sophie a rompu tous les liens avec son mari et son fils, disparaissant sans laisser la moindre trace. Plus tard, confrontés à son diagnostic, Maxime et leur fils ont pris conscience de leur erreur. Ils l'ont recherchée à l'étranger, s'agenouillant et implorant son pardon, cherchant simplement un regard de sa part. Mais Sophie n'a pas cédé et est restée impassible. Ex-mari indifférent et fils ingrat, elle n'en voulait plus.

Napilitan si Amélie na bumalik ng Pilipinas nang mabalitaan niyang ikakasal na ang kanyang kapatid. Laking gulat niya dahil ni minsan ay hindi nabanggit nito na may fiancé na pala. Naghanda siya para sa araw ng kanilang pagkikita, ngunit tila nabura ang lahat ng ingay sa paligid nang makita kung sino ang lalaki. Si Riguel Morel, isang kilalang multi-billionaire. Tall, dangerously charming, almost flawless, and most of all, the man she once loved but chose to leave behind in pursuit of her dreams abroad. Para sa kapakanan ng kapatid, pinilit ni Amélie na magpanggap na tila wala silang nakaraan. Ngunit hanggang kailan niya mapapanindigan iyon kung sa tuwing wala ang kapatid niya ay mas lalo namang nagiging mapanganib ang bawat paglapit at tingin ni Riguel sa kanya?

Lyana is a young doctor who saves the life of a mobster, what neither of them expected is that during a conflict between rival mafias would need to get married to sign a contract to protect the territory of the Russian mafia. Is Lyana capable of loving a man who takes lives when all she loves most is saving lives ? What's gone happened when she discovered is living in a lie?

Une jeune femme, Ophélie, call girl par nécessité plus que par choix, vit une nuit passionnée avec un inconnu dans un hôtel de luxe. Ce moment unique, qu’elle pensait sans lendemain, la marque bien plus qu’elle ne veut l’admettre. Quand elle découvre qu’elle est enceinte, elle décide de garder l’enfant. Pourtant, l’idée de ce père absent l’obsède, et elle passe des mois à le chercher, en vain, ne connaissant ni son nom ni sa vie. Sept mois plus tard, alors qu’elle accompagne une amie invitée à un mariage, Ophélie accepte à contrecœur, persuadée que ce sera une simple distraction loin de ses préoccupations. Mais lorsque le futur marié apparaît, son cœur s’arrête : il est là, devant elle, l’homme qu’elle a tant cherché, l’inconnu de cette nuit inoubliable… et il s’apprête à épouser une autre. Déchirée entre le soulagement de l’avoir retrouvé et l’horreur de la situation, Ophélie se retrouve face à un choix impossible : révéler la vérité et bouleverser à jamais ce mariage, ou garder le silence et voir l’homme qu’elle n’a jamais cessé de chercher s’unir à une autre femme, ignorant qu’il est déjà père.

"Doctor, have you finished the examination? I can't hold on any longer," I say as I lie on the examination table in the college clinic. A screen completely blocks my view. The examination instrument pokes a few inches deeper into me. I try my best to suppress it, but a whimper escapes me. "No!" The doctor remains silent and merely adjusts the machine so that my legs are lifted higher.

How would you feel to wake up someday wishing your whole life was a lie? And when you eventually wanted to hold on to something you adored most in the world you eventually discover that it was a huge lie too? This is the case of a young lady called Selena in this story. In a fierce fight to save her only sister from the clutches of death after loosing her beloved mother to a dark illness, caring less about the negative effects of her decisions or what the world might say about her or her decisions she grabs the bull by the horn ready to do what it takes to secure the life of her sister. Selena ends up loosing herself to the war against pain but in the midst of it all, love was inevitable as she found herself yet in love with a man she least expected in the midst of her miserable world as finally had the last laugh. It’s a catchy story filled with action, revenge, love, romance. Get addicted to reading Love and Ashes and you would be so glad you did. Thank you for following up and reading.